well. with. president obama. prisoners' day with rallies to support held in israeli jails and international community to act. divided and sliding into crisis venezuela's government and opposition blame each other a deadly. president nicolas maduro his rivals are planning a coup. protesting u.s. military officials admit to try to commit suicide as part of a desperate act of defiance which has dragged on for over two months now the top stories this hour.

around the world twenty four hours a day this is from moscow police in the u.s. say they have identified the suspect in the boston marathon bombings. containing the poison rice and has been sent to president obama a similar toxic envelope was also addressed to a mississippi senator with authorities investigating suspicious letters sent to his colleague from arizona when i get these developments from. in new york marina it seems now that nobody has been arrested over the boston bombings a little confusion at the moment. confusion to say the least c.n.n. was reporting for an hour if not more that there has been a suspect arrested in connection to the boston marathon bombings because they were replaying that information over and over again even describing the suspect as a dark skinned male within an hour afterwards we saw

a video of the courthouse in boston and hundreds of people were gathered around the courthouse it's presumed that those were people that were expecting to show up at the courthouse and possibly catch a glimpse of this suspect that c.n.n. said was already in the custody of law enforcement will that information turned out to be wrong the department of justice has just released a statement that saying that nobody has been arrested in connection to the boston marathon bombing there were also other networks u.s. networks that were indicating that there are leads but there are no arrests but there is a description of the suspect and many many news outlets reporting different things and at the same time social media is exploding and so for at least an hour a large part of the country was presuming that there was an arrest because that is something that c.n.n. which calls itself the most trusted name in news had been reporting and right now hundreds of people outside a courthouse in boston might be very disappointed to find the department of justice

says bergmann of justice says there have been no arrests so far in connection to the fatal bombings in boston what about these letters being sent. well what we know so far and what the f.b.i. and secret service has disclosed is that a letter addressed to president barack obama contained a substance. that is considered a poisonous substance that according to me and them are preliminary tests the letter that was addressed to him. was opened intercepted on tuesday it included that poisonous toxin secret service agents and f.b.i. officials say that that letter is not linked. to the boston bombings but on the same day a letter containing rice and was also mailed to the offices of a mississippi senator in addition to that authorities are now investigating two suspicious letters that were allegedly sent to the phoenix office of another us

senator of arizona so now we have the deadly bombings that took place and a day after that another day after that. these letters being sent to elected officials in the last the president the united states that allegedly contained a poisonous material and it does nothing to decrease the level of insecurity that millions of americans may be feeling right now as this country's experience the worst terrorist attack since september eleventh many maybe also getting poisonous letters what about those adult security measures which have been in place since nine eleven are they really working. and there's many many security measures in place hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent on that and many experts and analysts would acknowledge that none of that has worked because at the end of the day we saw this horrific bombing take place in boston in the middle of the day with hundreds of police officers around claiming so many casualties and at least three

lives so far some would argue that all these increased levels of security and and encroaching on civil liberties which critics say the u.s. does has been a waste of money we should also remember that when u.s. president barack obama addressed the nation and finally called the boston marathon bombings a terrorist attack he said he doesn't know who is behind the attacks and why they would they would execute such an attack by a suspect in a perpetrator will be brought to justice what that indicates is the fact that the united states at this point can't pinpoint an enemy it's not like how it was in the aftermath of the aftermath of the september eleventh attacks there is no osama bin laden anymore that u.s. officials point a finger at and between september eleventh and now the u.s. has waged two very long wars also participated in military interventions and many

experts would argue has created many many enemies all over the world so now at this point the u.s. can't pinpoint its enemy they do not know if the person or people behind the boston marathon bombings is someone that is located domestically is someone that's working with of foreign organization they do not know and i think that puts many would argue that that puts the united states at a major disadvantage really thank you very much indeed for that. report in new york . activists and families of palestinian detainees kept in israeli jails are running across the palestinian territories to mark prisoners day they've called on the international community to intervene to release some inmates especially those on hunger strike middle east correspondent spoke to me earlier about this. we did witness a large scale protests across the palestinian territories palestinian prisoner day

is an annual commemoration and it marks the almost five thousand palestinian prisoners who are currently in israeli jails off their number of the five thousand some two hundred and fifteen are children now the day consolidate efforts to support palestinian prisoners in israeli jails and also support their right to freedom on wednesday some three thousand palestinian prisoners refused to eat their meals now this action coincides with a hunger strike by a palestinian president some near a single week now he has been conducting an on off farce that has lasted more than two hundred and fifty days that has stoked weeks of protests and also street protests the palestinian government is calling on the european union to take immediate action concrete steps to secure his release at the same time at the beginning of april there was the death of a rather high profile palestinian prisoner being held in an israeli jail him via how he died from cancer but his death sparked mass protests because palestinians

claim that these ratings delayed bringing him treatment the palestinian minister of prisoners affairs says that israel is mistreating its detainees and preventing families of those palestinians who are currently in israeli jails from visiting them we carry a political message to the world reflecting the israeli government's inhumane dealing with prisoners we want to tell you israelis that it's an important national issue israel is mistreating its detainees and preventing families of those palestinians behind bars from visiting them they keep children in jails it's all inhumane and violates international law since nine hundred sixty seven around eight hundred thousand palestinians have been detained in israel at some point and the point needs to be made that hundreds of palestinians are held in israeli prisons without trial. venezuela's opposition leader has called off

a protest march and blame the government for post election violence that has left seven people dead the country's on the edge of political chaos after a tiny majority in sunday's presidential vote showed the nation is essentially split down the middle we get live expert opinion shortly but first syria is in caracas. the opposition leader he basically said that he doesn't want to see any more violence and that he calls on just supporters to peacefully protest basically asking them to stay home and just bang the pots and pans it was a very noisy evening tuesday night here in caracas well initially they had planned to hold a protest in front of the electoral council in the city center but needless muddle he had bound any protest to take place in. stating a security reasons and so because someone who has been blaming the opposition for the violence seven deaths as you mentioned earlier but the us is saying that any violence that has happened it's the government who is behind it so they've been exchanging accusations now despite the ban in the city center we've seen reports

that there are some people gathering in other parts of town to support herself. reports say that they are out to gathering in wreaking havoc in a press conference given by the two men on tuesday they really exchanged very strong words strong accusations model basically saying that. is a plotting a coup and that it is backed by the united states everything that they are doing in another way of looking at it this perhaps is also applied to start to show himself you know he had run a campaign heavily based on who go chavis and there are some even of his supporters saying that we don't really know who he is and what he's capable of so these are one of the few steps that we're seeing that's coming from him accusing him already of being a story terry and now as far as money was concerned going on into this presidency we know that it's already starting off very weak with that we with that small margin for the results of the elections he has to fill in the shoes of the without the clearest most obvious fix the problems of the people get the military the government and the very divided population in line. there that is where the supreme

court says there's no legal basis for the recount the opposition leader is demanding but america's secular state john kerry says they won't recognize madeira as president when out one let's talk more about this with dr william robinson professor of sociology at the university of california why is washington getting so involved here. well this is this is also nothing new the united states has been war launched waging a destabilization campaign against first the presidency will china so now and. now with my good since one thousand nine hundred ninety six two thousand and two which i was came to power fundamentally pulled venezuela out of the orbit of u.s. domination. represented the represents and represented the poor majority rather than a small middle class a wealthy minority and completely reoriented the country's resources for oil and even function of the population over the sideline from washington this is absolutely nothing new whatsoever that the united states now says these elections

should be a recount and it's not going to recognize the new government this is simply the next two years into destabilization campaign against the believe are in revolution sorry sorry but there is claim all of a possible coup attempt back body u.s. you think that's got credibility it will absolutely have credibility but i want to emphasize this is not a new tactic on the part of washington and on the top of the a not a new tactic on the part of the myth of the venezuelan opposition and generally the far right in latin america which aligns with washington the idea is you have an all out to struggles and this civilization campaign this is simply another tactic within that campaign there's been diplomatic isolation economic sabotage our military activity the time to put it in two thousand and two massive us financing for the internal opposition including for property rights and for the organizations that he represents and so we see this very often when this election which is very close and when the united states wants to get rid of a government in this case from a do it with little government around an election it will launch violence and

trying create chaos and instability and the united states will not recognize the result and this is the at least of this is an incredible the proper syrian a part of u.s. foreign policy because mexico just had elections in which there was massive for and the actions prior to that in mexico there was massive document before and actions of one hundred years. one of the solutions because mexico's a close ally of the united states is the us media recognizes the results in the charges by the opposition to this war this look at them during hundreds the basically a dictatorship in power when there is a coup d'etat which the us supported and then wonders put a president in power on the heels of the coup de the coup d'etat president of the united states recognized and recognized with a total force of all the elections where no one could vote because of so much repression in the middle of a coup d'etat in the united states recognize the honduran government so this is no moral authority whatsoever to talk about the good for them elections what sort of future then of the venezuelan people now facing because clearly hoped the

population didn't want to see him as president now we're seeing a lot of harsh rhetoric from him banning rallies and also perhaps maybe saying he's going to exercise a really tough hand and i quote that tough hand he's saying i mean is this a vision of the future for venezuelans. well it might be and that would be very regrettable that i can't predict the future what i can say is that there have been many difficulties in venezuela the last few years particularly economic difficulties there have been shortages and part you know the shortages are provoked by seventy percent of the economy is in private hands and the private sector is very much broken police and got a job these well and has been boarding and has not been i've been contributing to the shortages of these economic difficulties as well as high crime rate was generated frustration and of course of course in the first ration was channeled into a vote for the us but i don't see that the well first of all there's no question as to the reason to the electoral council already reviewed fifty four percent of the

ballot places and found the exact same results also denounced on the first night so there's no question of a voter fraud has been no no electoral fraud as far as what's what's in store for going to swell of there is going to be fully want to conduct almost unfortunately unproduced zero ish and that means things funded change the interest of some groups and they can perfect. that's of the affected and there's going to be social conflict that's the nature of the unfinished uncompleted revolution in response to what you said that maduro is going for a hard line with that tree in the world if he were provoked violence the opposition has really been attacking health clinics and and that it's that bringing down the house of one of the members of the electoral council so this is not a peaceful opposition which is exercising its civil rights to an opposition which is clearly looking for a violent provocation to generate and contributes. and thing which is going on for for thirteen years but yes you are i didn't drops of

a ship that venezuela is in for a tough time and it's very difficult now to put to predict the future dr william robinson professor of sociology at the university of california thank you very much indeed for joining us live and showing us your thoughts here not a thank you my pleasure thank you well still to come this hour here on our t.v. a divisive figure. but to celebrate for his examine the controversial legacy of former prime minister margaret thatcher after a funeral in london. also still to come this hour the u.s. military admits two detainees on hunger strike at one time or attempted suicide this is former senior politicians accuse american officials of spreading torture in the facility for little or no return the details after this break stay with the. world. science technology innovation all the least of elements from

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about international and world in the very heart of moscow. continues now here in l a t more prisoners in guantanamo bay have joined the hunger strike bringing the number to fifty two u.s. military officials have admitted to protesting detainees have recently tried to commit suicide but they defended a prison guard raid on cells over the weekend which resulted in violent clashes with several e. mates well they're now former senior. titian's and members of the u.s. military have joined the chorus accusing officials are contributing to the spread of torture an independent american think tank released a report pointing to abuse at guantanamo the constitution project it's called concluded it was beyond dispute that torture had been carried out or that the practice has damaged america's moral standing and its ability to criticize others also it suggests u.s. personnel have actually been put at greater risk should they be taken captive and the panel concluded that the door remains open to more torture while no one is

brought to account for what's all ready happened or one of the critics former ambassador james jones he says that most detainees have completely lost hope. you have the majority of these prisoners for whom our government has said there's no reason to hold them anymore we don't want them they're not there they're not accused of anything and yet they have not taken the actions that are necessary to remove these these prisoners from guantanamo and send them back to their home countries or to a neutral country where they will not be tortured force feeding under the circumstances we found is tantamount to torture what is inhumane is a treatment for some prisoners in solitary confinement for many many hours at a time sometimes many days the separation from other prisoners so that you don't

have that social contact that that is a form of torture that should be stopped i think the biggest torture however for the majority of the prisoners in guantanamo is the lack of hope the fact that they thought that after they were judged. by our government as not necessary not terrorists not needed for information that they should be released and now their concern in many of these that are on the starvation diet many of these i understand just last hope they think they'll never be able to leave guantanamo and that's the reason for their action well earlier i spoke to military attorney lieutenant colonel barry wing god he represents the detainees at guantanamo and he said the situation is getting out of control that. my client can dory had lost about one third of his body weight he now when he stands i can put my hands around his waist that's how much weight he has lost he now can't come to the visits he's

made one of the three visits i've visited him more than one hundred fifty times and in that hundred fifty times he's refused four times because of his medical illnesses and he's always sent a letter of an apology this time he was unable to attend two of the three meetings i'm here to tell you the situation in guantanamo bay is becoming a humanitarian catastrophe these men have been there for eleven and a half years ninety five percent of them ninety five percent of them have no allegations let alone have a trial an opportunity to defend themselves ninety five percent of them have nothing alive and a half years hundreds of enhanced interrogations they have no hope they have no future i think that what we need is some leadership here from washington we have the administration on one hand saying we want to close guantanamo bay but then in two thousand and ten saying that indefinite detention is the way forward we have congress saying it it doesn't matter if these people are innocent or guilty we want

them to stay in guantanamo bay the rest of their lives now if you're a prisoner who has no opportunity to defend yourself what are you thinking what does the united states stand for to you what is the world thinking as they look at this situation it's utter despair and you're amid a tree we talked to a number of lawyers representing clients but you coming from the military itself why isn't you will voice being heard today nobody has been brought to account for the past eleven and a half years yesterday we found out that a bipartisan committee has concluded that torture in fact occurred we find out that you know going forward there is no hope for these men we find out that you know the administration just doesn't have any leadership do you want to close guantanamo bay do you want to keep it open doesn't matter that some in congress want to keep guantanamo bay open for. and over irrespective of if these individuals have actually committed a crime or not why can you do how can you do that if two americans were captured would we then argue that they was meant to be held until our war on the physical

emotion of terror and would that be the us position i think not and it's time to analyze the situation crowds turned out to say last goodbye to former prime minister margaret thatcher who's been laid to rest in london however alongside the thousands paying their last respects were protesters gathered for what they called maggie's good riddance policy the news of such as death of the age of eighty seven last week was met with both mournful comment and cheerful celebration she's famous for winning the falklands conflict against argentina and helping end the cold war however a number have a hardline policies did not sit well with parts of the public including a stand off with coleman is. the real news network he watched the ceremony in london i spoke to me to learn and he got the impression people were questioning catches legacy rather than morning. in terms of pomp and circumstance not even when churchill was birthday nine hundred sixty five it wouldn't even get you know remotely close to what we saw today in terms of production values it was absolutely

simply extraordinary impractical to the millimeter i would say but if you look at the audience and if you look at the british ruling class congratulating itself inside st paul's cathedral and outside of course was the distinction between that and a sort of eerie silence in the streets i walked around the streets quite some time even after wards and even central london today was eerily silent it's something that you never see around leicester square and piccadilly around noon or one pm you know so it was devised if even the people who are there were not exactly in mourning they were reflective but a lot of people were looking ok what now we were going to have like david cameron said in fact we're all facts are right now are we going to be here in the u.k. tatchell rights for ever u.k.

foreign ministers question the effectiveness of the magnitsky passed by the us david addington said sanctioning individual russians has nothing to help the ongoing investigation into the death of. one imprisoned russia responded by releasing a similar list sanctioning u.s. officials not to mccauley he's been covering russia for over forty years and he told me earlier that he thinks america has an egotistical approach to foreign policy which is the real reason relations are strained. the british government has obviously taken the position that you don't need it act which is passed into law you know states you don't need that naming russian officials to blacklist them and so on in an attempt to improve relations between the united states and russia and they will not improve human rights because from the ridge point of view the way to improve human rights is through acquired the diplomacy not megaphone diplomacy not to talk to the press and accusing the russians of a b. and c.

but by talking behind the scenes and so are the american way of thinking and they would like their view of human rights they would like their view of a liberal democracy they would like their view of how economy should be run by the rest of the world it's up to the rest of the world to respond in the vast majority of cases the rest of the world has a different point of view and therefore. the americans can articulate their view and the rest of the world will. and there's really no meeting of the parties at all the trial of russia's top opposition activists and of all me has caused demonstrators to take to the streets as many as fifteen hundred people rallied in support of the anti corruption blog of all these trial was adjourned for a week after record session hit off the central russian city also became seen to demonstrations in support of and against the prominent opposition figure he's accused of taking half a million dollars from state run to become his eyes nearly four years ago he had to

corruption blogger insists however that the case against him is politically motivated. yeah well go to our website to get more comprehensive coverage all know that story and all of the others you're seeing here on the screen at the moment and here's an example of what's what if you right now all secret video of little bit putin finds its way onto the internet this footage of a closed government meeting is leaked to the public showing russia's president calling regional leaders lazy. british troops on the far as one of them is investigated over the deaths of three afghan teenagers shot in the head and the neck at close range on that story him plenty of other stories and features of l.t. dot com right now. well that brings up today for the moment i'll be back with a news team in just over half an hour from now with more news for the meantime peter lavelle in crosstalk debates the political legacy of margaret thatcher heated debate next year naughty after the break.